Banana Elayada | പഴം ഇലയട |

Healthy Oats Puttu

 Healthy Oats Puttu

Ingredients

•  2 cups Oats
•  Salt -to taste
• Water-as needed
•  2 grated carrots

Roast oats on low heat for 5 minutes without adding oil. When cools down, add it to the mixer and grind to a coarse powder.

Add enough salt to it, add water little by little and mix well.

In a puttu maker, add a thin layer of grated carrot, top it with oats mix. If you are using the long cylindrical puttu maker, add 2 to 3 layers of grated carrots and oats mix. Cover the puttu maker with lid.

Steam cook  for  3-5 minutes or till the steam escapes from top holes of puttu maker.

Chutney Powder for Idli and Dosa | Idli Podi | Gun Powder Recipe

 

• 1/2 cup Urad dal
• 1/4 cup Roasted bengal gram(pottukadalai)
• 1/4 cup Sliced Coconut
• 10 Dry red chillies
• 2 springs Curry leaves
• 1tbsp+1tsp Coconut oil
• 1/2 tsp Asafoetida powder
• 2 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Jaggery

Wash urad dal and red chilli well.Spread it in a cloth and set aside for an hour.

In a heavy bottomed pan add 1 tbsp coconut oil and urad dal.Roast on low medium flame for 2 minutes. 

Add roasted chana dal and sliced coconut. Roast on low to medium flame till they turn golden brown.Keep aside.

In the same pan add 1 tsp coconut oil and roast red chillies till they puff up. Then add curry leaves and roast until crispy.Keep aside and allow to cool.

Tranfer to a mixer.Also add turmeric powder, asafoetida powder,salt and jaggery.

blend to coarse powder. You can also blend to fine powder if you prefer.Serve with Coconut oil.

Masala Idli | Podi Idli Recipe

 

Chutney Powder | Idli Podi

 

Broken Wheat Unniyappam ( നുറുക്ക് ഗോതമ്പ് ഉണ്ണിയപ്പം))

 Broken Wheat Unniyappam

• 1 cup  Broken wheat 
• 250 g of jaggery
• 2 small Banana
• 4 Cardamoms
• 2 tbsp Semolina
• 1 tbsp ghee
• 1/4 cup coconut slices
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds
•  Ghee / Coconut Oil - For frying

Wash the wheat well and soak it in water for two hours.

Add half a cup of jaggery water, boil and strain it.

Roast sliced coconut in a tablespoon of ghee until light brown.

In a mixer, grind the wheat, jaggery, cardamom and finely chopped banana.Add water if needed.

Add two tablespoons of semolina and mix well.  Keep it aside for 30 minutes.

Now heat the Unniyappam pan. Add  1 tbsp ghee in each mould. keep the flame to a low. You can also use coconut oil instead of ghee.

When the oil becomes hot, with a spoon pour unniyappam batter in the  moulds. On a medium-low flame cook till the base is brown and crisp.Now flip the appam using the spatula or spoon and cook the other side until they are fully done.